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Synonyms
2. sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
2. sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
Antonyms
2. puritanism, asceticism, abstemiousness, self-denial.
2. puritanism, asceticism, abstemiousness, self-denial.
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Hedonism
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
| hedonism (ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm, ˈhɛd-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ethics |
| a. See utilitarianism the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure | |
| b. the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good | |
| 2. | the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of principle |
| 3. | indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| [C19: from Greek hēdonē pleasure] | |
| he'donic | |
| —adj | |
| hedon'istic | |
| —adj | |
| 'hedonist | |
| —n | |
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Cultural Dictionary
hedonism [(heed-n-iz-uhm)]In ethics, the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is this highest good.
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